Cold War Events
AIM: What Events Occurred During the Cold War from 1956-1960s?
I. Creation of Israel:
- England had control over area in middle east post war.
- Zionist movement (establishment of Jewish state) began to take form (Theodore Herzl 1897)
- 1917 Belfour Decloration favored Jewish state in Palestine huge immigration from 1917-1939
- Arabs and Jews in area begin conflict over land (sacred)
- W.W. II and Holocaust pushed Jewish state
- 1947 United Nations Resolution- …
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…power
- Was last invasion of E.E by Soviets during Cold War
III. End of Colonialism
Decolonialism – the ending of European rule in the colonies
Causes: 1. World War II
2. Rise of indigenous nationalism
- Post war European economies unable to keep colonies
- Hard to fight tyranny (Nazi) and keep colonies
- Most nationalists educated in Europe
1947- English leaves India 1948 Pakistan formed
1957- Ghana 1960 Nigeria
1960- Congo, Zaire independent
1974- Mozambique
1975- Angola
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